JORDAN TRAIL THRU-HIKE 2017

Days: 5 hiking days + 1 break day
Length: 83.2 km
Main sites in the region:
▷ Karak Castle
▷ Khirbet Ainun village
▷ Tor al Taboun crags
▷ Wadi Hasa - Burbaita village
▷ Ma’tan and Buseira and Edomite ruins
▷ Dana Village and Dana Biosphere Reserve (entrance fee)
DAY 1: KARAK TO WADI AL-MIGAIR
Date: Friday, April 21
Distance: 19.4 km
Overnight: Camping
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DAY 2: WADI AL-MIGAIR TO WADI HASA
Date: Saturday, April 22
Distance: 12.7 km
Overnight: Guesthouse/ Camping
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DAY 3: WADI HASA TO AIS
Date: Sunday, April 23
Distance: 22.6 km
Overnight: Guesthouse/ Camping
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KARAK TO DANA
DAY 4: AIS TO MA,TAN
Date: Monday, April 24
Distance: 14.3 km
Overnight: Guesthouse/ Camping
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DAY 5: MA,TAN TO DANA
Date: Tuesday, April 25
Distance: 15.5 km
Overnight: Hotel/ Camping
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DAY 6: DANA (Break day)
Date: Wednesday, April 26
Overnight: Hotel/ Camping
The crusader landscape continues in this section as you exit Karak, passing the old crusader
village of Shehabieh and the abandoned village of Khirbet Ainun. Orchards and olive groves
grow abundantly through fertile plains. Crossing another Dead Sea canyon, Wadi Hasa, the
landscape becomes a series of towering limestone cliffs and ridges before reaching Edomite
ruins at Sela and Ma’tan. After moving on through the deep Wadi Labun, the trail turns to easier
terrain as it passes over the next hill to the restored village of Dana, its hotels and campsite
resting on the rim of Wadi Dana at the edge of the Dana Biosphere Reserve.